Washing in Garage During Winter?

GregCavi

GregCavi

Pinnacle Detailing Owner
Hello all

I am from minnesota and i dont think i can go through winter without detailing.. i enjoy it far too much. I have a garage that will soon be heated which also has a small floor drain. Do any of you wash in your garage or has anyone heard of such a thing. I dont want to take the risk of a town car wash. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Greg
 
I live in massachusetts and am trying to come up with a inexpensive way to heat my detached garage and i am curious as to how you do it. As far as the washing inside goes i have seen it done before you just keep the nozzle off of the hose and keep the pressure down . You might want to get a squeege too so you can push the water to the drain when you are done.
 
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i have a big heater .. u know the ones that look like a huge tube.. i just fire it up a little before the detail and it heats up the 3 stall garage.. the heater is owned by my neighbor but he is going to let me have it.. so i will find out more about the brand and let u know more.
 
I wash in my heated detached garage. I have a natural gas Reznor Hearter (hangs from the ceiling and has a blower) I turn the water pressure down so I don't spray water on everything else in the garage. If the car is really crappy from all the salt, sand, snow that we get in NW Pennsylvania, I might spray it off good outside and get it into the garage before the water freezes ... wash it inside ... back it out and hose it off ... bring it back in to dry and QD.
All of this reminds me ... Winter Sucks!!!
 
My procedure for some time.
1. A trip to the spray wash to knock off the really bad stuff.
2. Home to the garage and fire up a kerosene torpedo style construction heater of 100,000 BTU's.
Be careful! Any combustion heater will use a lot of the oxygen in a closed space. I leave my passageway door open about 6" and go in the house for 15 minutes. When I come back out, the garage is usually warm enough to shut the heater off and close the door.
3. Poorboy's Spray & Wipe has pretty much replaced QEW for me. No more mess than using a QD. Spray S&W on a panel, (roof, hood, fender, deck lid, door) wipe it off with a MF towel, finish drying with another MF towel. Ready for polishing or waxing if needed.
For me, most of the products I use seem to work best in an ambient temperature above 50 degrees. Below that and they seem to be very slow to dry. Besides, any temperature below 50 degrees and I seem to lose my effectiveness.

Charles
 
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